The point of view shifts (and will alternate throughout) to Noa, a Dutch teenager thrown out by her formerly loving father when she gets pregnant by a German soldier. As she rehearses for the circus’ coming French tour, she once again experiences the freedom of an accomplished aerialist, even as her age, late 20s, catches up with her. A rival German circus clan, led by its patriarch, Herr Neuhoff, takes her in, giving her a stage name, Astrid, and forged Aryan papers. She returns to Darmstadt to find that her family has disappeared. In 1942, as the war and Holocaust escalate, Erich is forced to divorce Ingrid. In 1934, she marries Erich, a German officer, and settles in Berlin. Ingrid grew up in a Jewish circus family in Darmstadt, Germany. A Jewish trapeze artist and a Dutch unwed mother bond, after much aerial practice, as the circus comes to Nazi-occupied France.
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